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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XLI, NEWARK ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 22, SHIPPING CONTAINERS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 41:22-3, LICENSE REQUIREMENT OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS OPERATORS, ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION 41:22-6(E), SHIPPING CONTAINER ZONING REGULATIONS, THEREBY CREATING AN EXEMPTION TO SHIPPING CONTAINER ZONING REGULATION.
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WHEREAS, on October 21, 2020, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-q (the "Ordinance"), which amended Title XLI, Zoning and Land Use Regulations, to create Chapter 22, entitled "Shipping Containers"; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance was intended to regulate the illegal storage of shipping containers in neighborhoods, which are hazardous, dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents, and are an eyesore and nuisance and contribute to blight in various residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, shipping containers stacked in neighborhoods with no municipal oversight, can be dangerous and can become an attractive nuisance without having safeguards inherent in the way shipping containers are stored on-port at Port Newark Container Terminal and others; and
WHEREAS, in light of stringent safety protocols put in place by Port Newark Container Terminal and other on-port shipping companies, the concerns for the storage of containers on-port is not the same as for containers stored off-port; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2 authorizes a municipality to make, amend, repeal and enforce such other ordinances, regulations, rules and by-laws not contrary to the laws of this State or of the United States, as it may deem necessary and proper for good government, order and protection of persons and property, and for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark proposes to amend the Ordinance to create an exem...
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